Equipment, Gold Retort; unknown maker; ?; RX.1977.26

The gold retort is heated in a furnace so that mercury can evaporate from the gold to leave a pure gold ingot. The tube from the top of the box would pass through a water filled cooling tank so that the mercury could condense and be collected.

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